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Stores lure back-to-school shoppers with deals and 'buy now, pay later' plans 07/30/2024 08:04am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Mass market retailers in the U.S. are plying shoppers with offers for computers, clothes and other back-to-school essentials at affordable prices. To seal the deal, they are marketing ���buy now, pay later��� services as a way for customers to spread out the cost of going back to c Ukraine's Olympic chief celebrates limited Russian presence at Paris Olympics 07/30/2024 07:35am • PARIS (AP) ��� The head of Ukraine���s Olympic delegation touted the limited numbers of Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics ��� who must compete as neutrals ��� as war between the two countries grinds on for a third year. Vadym Guttsait told The Associated Press in an interview that Ukraine began Sicilians deal so well with drought that tourists don���t notice. A record dry year could alter that 07/30/2024 07:29am • AGRIGENTO, Italy (AP) ��� Lakes are dry and fields are scorched by heat in Sicily, but water is still gushing copiously for tourists. After an almost totally rain-free year on the Italian island, fountains inside Agrigento's famous archaeological park are still flowing, and pools in rows of hotels a US boosts alliance with the Philippines with $500 million funding and pact amid concern over China 07/30/2024 07:04am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Washington���s top diplomat and defense chief announced $500 million in new military funding Tuesday to boost the Philippines' external defense and progress on a proposed military intelligence-sharing pact as both allies renewed their concerns over China���s continuing a UK oil giant BP to hand shareholders $7 billion this year by buying back stock even as profit falls 07/30/2024 06:56am • LONDON (AP) ��� U.K.-based oil giant BP PLC said Tuesday it will reward shareholders to the tune of $7 billion this year through the purchase of its own stock, even as it reported a near 30% decline in profits in the first half of 2024. BP said in a statement its underlying replacement cost profit � Top German court faults part of a plan to solve the country's problem of too many lawmakers 07/30/2024 06:17am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany's highest court on Tuesday upheld the central part of an electoral reform designed to downsize the country's increasingly bloated parliament, but overturned a planned change that two opposition parties feared could cost them their chance to send lawmakers to Berlin. The count Income gap between Black and white US residents shrank between Gen Xers and millennials, study says 07/30/2024 05:19am • The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millenials than for Generation X, according to a new study that also found the chasm between white people born to wealthy and poor parents widened between the generations. By age 27, Black Americans born in 1978 to poor parents end Parenting your parents: How to manage your loved ones' finances, on top of your own 07/30/2024 05:10am • Have you ever wondered when the best time is to step in and handle your aging parents��� finances? It can be difficult to talk about money with your aging parents. But experts say the sooner you do it, the easier it will be to protect their well-being. Amy Goyer, a caregiver expert with AARP, Hootie & The Blowfish celebrates 30th anniversary of 'Cracked Rear View' at Merriweather Post Pavilion 07/30/2024 04:48am • Hootie & The Blowfish is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its smash album "Cracked Rear View" (1994). You can celebrate with the band this Saturday at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, not far from where lead guitarist Mark Bryan grew up listening to WTOP. "I recogni Paris Olympics boosted by raucous fans in return of spectators for first time since pandemic 07/30/2024 02:10am • PARIS (AP) ��� The chants of ���Ra-fa! Ra-fa!��� roared the moment Rafael Nadal entered Roland Garros for Monday's match against Novak Djokovic. So hyped was the crowd just minutes in, the chair umpire asked the spectators to be quiet during play. There's a very notable difference between the Paris Venezuelan opposition says it has proof its candidate defeated President Maduro in disputed election 07/30/2024 02:06am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� As thousands of people demonstrated across Venezuela, opposition candidate Edmundo Gonz��lez announced Monday that his campaign has the proof it needs to show he won the country's disputed election in which electoral authorities named President Nicol��s Maduro the victor. Putin often cites Russia���s 'nuclear doctrine' governing the use of atomic weapons. But what is it? 07/30/2024 12:30am • Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin voices have frequently threatened the West with its nuclear arsenal. On Day 1 of the war, Putin said ���whoever tries to impede us, let alone create threats for our country and its people, must know that the Russian res The top prosecutor where George Floyd was murdered is facing backlash. But she has vowed to endure 07/30/2024 12:07am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Voters in Minnesota���s largest county elected Mary Moriarty as their top prosecutor after she promised to deliver change in a community where George Floyd was murdered and a nationwide reckoning on racism in the criminal justice system was born. After Moriarty, a former public Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homers twice to help Blue Jays earn split with Orioles 07/30/2024 12:03am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered in both games of a doubleheader, including a solo shot in the nightcap that helped the Toronto Blue Jays earn a split with an 8-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. Guerrero went 7 for 10 in the doubleheader with five RBIs. In Game 2, How Harris and Trump differ on artificial intelligence policy 07/30/2024 12:01am • Two days after President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence last year, Vice President Kamala Harris brought the wonky document to a global AI summit, telling an international audience what set the U.S. apart in its approach to AI safety. In an event meant to addre